Hay-sling.



H. P. HANSON.

HAY SLING.

APPLICATION rum) MAB.25. 1910 Patented July 12, 1916.

HAAKEN P. HANSON, ALBERT LEA, MINNEEGTA.

HAY-SLING.

Specification of Letters Eatent. g tl m n new 12 new,

Application filed March 25, 1910. Serial No. 551,540.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that l, HAAKE P. HANSON, citizen of the United States, residing at Albert Lee, in the county of Freeb'orn and State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hay-Slings, of which the folliinving is n speciticzution.

My invention has to do with hay slings; and it contemplates the provision in a hay sling, of a peculiar and advantageous third cable which is designed to render the sling capable of gathering and adequately holding short hay such n3 two-cable slings are unfittcd to gather and retain, and which is adapted when. it desired to use but two cables in the sling, to he expeditiougly and easily removed.

With the foregoing; in mind, the invention will be fully inidci'stood from the following description and claims 'When the some are read in connection w the drawn necoinpnnyinn and :tornnng part of this specification, in which;

Figure l a view in perspective of so much of a hay sling as is necessary to impart on exact understzinding of the construc tion constituting the 'irci'erred embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail perspective view showing the (.tl bles as they app-or when grnvitating away from the ti'l'f t I etch oi the sling subsequent to the release o'l said hitch by the trigger. big. 8 ie on ei'ilo're ed broken elevetion of my novel third net le.

Sin'iiler letters zilesignate correspoi'uling ports in all of the views; of the drawings, referring: to 'wl'iich:

A is trip-hitch such as ordinarily employed 'n the frame ii of e i'i'ey sling; the Said t with it being pivoted at (I, and oein 'ovi ded with lnirns b and. in np- Wnrdl 5nd arm 0. Q i a trigger cari 11' ried by the said frame ii and designed when raised to the trip-latch iii-i. in the conventionnl ninnneix D is the usual hlocl. ezi'rying a. hook (1 and equipped. with n sheave e.

E is the conventional cubic passed around the sheave c and connected in manner not shown With the f nine l5, and. also connected. in the ordinary or in any other suitable in iner with the c iinventionoi hay carrier (also not shown).

F F are the ordinary sling, which are connected to a, ring (it cables of the carried by the hook d and are pro vided at their ends remote from the said ring G With eyes f designed to be engaged by the horns F), often the manner shown in Fig. 1, and H is n'iy novel third cable as a Whole. The said third cable is formed of material suitable to its purpose, and is provided at one end with n snap-hook'l for its detachable connection with an eye 9, preferably integral with the ring (it, While at its opposite end it has a pernn-uiently attachedheed J, inst or otherwise suitably formed oi. metal and provided with two side by side apertures 71, which are preferably elongated 01? ct oblong configuration as illustrated. It will also he observed by con'i'pn-rison of Figs. 1 and 2 that the head J is slightly curved. in the direction of its length, this being advantageous since it ilizicili-tntes engagement of the head with the horns, and enables the seen heed to i'eadiiy gravitate away from the horns when the trip-latch is released.

in praeti ,e, my novel third cable ii is core nectcd with the ring G in the manner do scribed, and the sling is used in conventional manner to gather and hold short hay, and then the eyes 7 on cables I are placed in engagement with the horns in 'lolloxved by the connection of the head ill to the horns; the trip-lotrsh i l at that time l'ieing engaged and held by the trigger (l. 'lhen when the sling arrives at its destination, and the trigger (l is raised in the ozitli'nnry innnner, ie trip-latch A grnvitntes to the position shown in Fig. 2 and. by in.) doing relemee the ndjriccnt. ends of the three cell the sling to discharge its lmrueo,

When long hey to he curried or the conditions are othcrwiec such that the (ii'ill'ilfiy ment oi the third czih lit is not nece or desirable, the said third cable may expeditiously and on sling by simply disconnecting its SflfLP-llflt) S.

and. enables latch provided with horns, movable means for normally holding the trip-latch against movement and the horns thereof against gravitation, cables connected to the said support and provided with eyes to receive the horns of the trip-latch, and a third cable connected with the said support and arranged intermediate the first-named cables and provided with a head in which are side by side apertures to receive the horns of the trip-latch.

2. In a hay sling, the combination of a suitable support, a ring connected therewith and provided with a depending eye, a suitably supported trip-latch provided with horns normally extending in a direction away from the said support, movable means for normally holding the trip-latch against movement and the horns thereof against gravitation, cables connected to ,the said ring, at opposite sides of the depending cye thereof, and provided with eyes to receive the horns of the trip-latch, and a third cable having at one end a snap-hook detachably connected to the depending eye of the ring and provided at its opposite end with a head curved in the direction of its length and provided in its curved portion with side by side oblong apertures to receive the horns of the trip-latch.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a hay gatherer and holder comprising a ring, cables connected at one end to-said ring and having eyes at their opposite endsjand a third cable having at one end an apertured head and also having at its opposite end a snap hook detachably connected with said ring.

i. As a new article of manufacture, a hay gatherer and holder comprising cables, a ring to which said cables are connected at one end; said ring having a depending eye, and said cables having eyes at their ends remote from the ring, and a third cable having at one end a snap-hook engaged with the depending eye of the ring and equipped at its opposite end with a sli in which are side by side olilong apertures.

r In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. 1

HAAKEN P. HANSON."

Witnesses v Gno. I. RODSATER, Gno. A. MOGEE.

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